Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-29

rhs Eew asA Terrible Inausaee q
warfare.

warfare.
The she snbiect Of supreme interest |
.mona military men iast nos u the new
sxploslVo melinits, about which little
aTesut isa wondsrfnl destructive power
z known, and which il therefore natur-
allv 4 fruitful theme for discussion.
Ths center Of FFsuoh artillery opera
items a nov al BoaEaes, where the nee
explosive 10 being manufactured Tor e.
unrimenfal purposes. BourRes has TAX
en- the place Of StrasburR. 10 y hefs
that expsFiments are going Oh wftneot
easing, and corps Of dietinRuisneo
ofIiosrn are seeking solotion 20 the
preblsun hoe 10 Kill 81 single stroke az
many mso ~ possible Il u frignttnl
problem. which science Should speedily
solve, for there IL good reason 70 nope
lhai the solution viii prove Ihe ending
Of ali waFs-wars which had some OF
the elsments Of ehivalFy . century ago.
hut have bseome hideous SINGS ohemis-
try has taken Q hand In them. The
two men Who discovered The principles
Of meliDite are Captains LooaFd and
HiFnndart, who ere attached to the gun
factory al Bsoraea. AZ q reward for
their invenfiOn Looard has been pro
NOTED 70 the rank Of Meier and Hiron
dart has been decorated. Major LOcard
IL regarded as 2 savant Of the arst rank.
6aarosly any Of bis time 10 given to tue
routine Of military service, bat be de-
votea himself constantly 10 the techni-
cal studies Of tbs service. He IL more
Of ohemist and inventor than soldier.
HIS latest discovery Il this Obstructive
Which has been shristened
HKLTNTTK.
Because In color Il resembles honey.
Following the experiments WITH the
substance which we're made a. Laferfs
works for testing the invention have
been pushed actively at B0urReL
Small f5Ets havs bcsn eonstructsd %
try The effects II the new shells charged
with melinite. The forts, which have
been finished several days, look some
what like trnneatsd pyramids. Two are
Of oonerets and pebbles, and the third
which Is the largest. Il Of asphalt and
slick. Is IL twelve meters (about thirty
nins feetl square ~ the bass. three me-
ters (neariy ten festl high, and eest
5000 francs (ab0ut t7.4O). The
others cost together 5000 francs. OF
abeut 90 20 II is predicted that the
meiinite will destroy these forts ~ less
time than 10 takes 30 write ID. Daily
experiments have been made on q small
scale, and their result has been 90 est.
isfaetory that wagon ioads Of material
for Misunderstanding the neu explosive
ere arriving ct Bourees daily. Ether is
one Of the principle Ingredients OF the
powder, and as she pFodnotiOn Of this u
only about 100 900 Kilograms annually IN
France, Minister BoulAuger has bic
agents Out buying ether wherever thsy
can find II. and some has beea
PURCHASED IN arnMANH
For the manufacture Of shells. which
are expected 10 be some day used
against the forces % that Empire. To
lannch the shells charged With melinise
no special design Of naorter e required.
General BoulAnReF has decided on the
Immediate manufacture Of 900 nell.
mite pfojscsiies, which will be ready By
spring, but the shells are 10 be made 81
Lyons and Riv de GieF instead Of BouF-
Res. when they ere ready for charging
they will be transported 10 Bourees.
and there the melinite viii be intro
duced. Bonlanger explains his action
In this matter By stating that the Gov
eminent has workshops az Lyons all
rpady for produoipR the shells. and that
be will save $4,000 francs BY having
them made there. The meIinits 10 be-
ing manufactured az B0urees az fast a.
possibie under the Supervision Of lis
discOveFers.
xHR DESTRUCTIVE PowKR
OF toe new explosive II reported 30 be
one hundred times that Of ordinary
gunpowder, OF ten times greater than
that Of nitro alycerine. An ordinary
shell falling on The reof Of building
bursts and skaters everything IN lie
immediate vicinity. The melin.
tie shell b intended 10 strike the
ground at the foundations Of The
building, and, once there. a explodes
and shoots eveEythine into the air. re-
ducinR beams and ioists 10 an almost
impAlpahle powder. In the meantime.
while the mAnufactnre of this terrible
explosive h RoiDR on. is inventors are
sxperimemtine with q new ride powder
which sxplodes without any smoke,
and which viii enable q body Of
infantry 10 ere on the enemy freua
cover without betrayinR their position
by clouds Of smeke. The chemists arr
deveiopinR into Wholesale slauehtsrezs
af men, and the time l. coming when q
General, By hlowing q vhistle. can IN.
nihilAts one handFed thousand Of the
NnoruV.